The Individual and Society In this essay you are asked to do the following in terms of laying out theories of symbolic interaction. First, explain how the theories of both Blumer and Mead are social theories of individual behavior, i.e., that look beyond "conventional psychological categories" to account for human action (Farganis, p. 275). Use […]
What exactly does Blumer have in mind when he contends that we ought to view “society as symbolic interaction?”
Social and Cultural Theory Quiz 3—Mead, Blumer, Goffman, and Theoretical Overview Respond to the following questions in at least three paragraphs. (20 points each). Each of the following questions is based on a reading from Kivisto. Summarize Mead’s discussion of the “I” and “me,” first defining the terms and then indicating how in conjunction they […]